par la bande
\paʁ la bɑ̃d\
The verdict
“par la bande” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De manière indirecte.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | par la bande |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \paʁ la bɑ̃d\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “par la bande” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for par la bande is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \paʁ la bɑ̃d\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De manière indirecte.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for par la bande, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is par la bande, spelled P-A-R- -L-A- -B-A-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1De manière indirecte.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “par la bande”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-R- -L-A- -B-A-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \paʁ la bɑ̃d\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.